The main achievement of Xie Tiao's poetry creation is the development of landscape poetry. After the Jin and Song Dynasties, landscape literature emerged, but it was still somewhat influenced by metaphysical poetry and always had a touch of metaphysics. This is the case with Xie Lingyun's landscape poems. Xie Tiao and Xie Lingyun are from the same clan, and are known as "Two Xies" in the world. Xie Lingyun is called Da Xie, and Xie Tiao is called Xiao Xie. Both Xiao Xie and Da Xie were good at imitating mountains and rivers, and were good at landscape poetry. However, their poetic realm and poetic taste were different. Da Xie's landscape poems still contain some "metaphysical" color, while Xiao Xie's landscape poems express thoughts and feelings, and the influence of metaphysical poetry has been almost eliminated. Xie Tiao's landscape poems naturally combine describing scenery and expressing emotions. He floated in the political whirlpool and witnessed the dangers of official career and the darkness of reality. Therefore, he often expressed his worries about official career and the depression of life through the description of scenery. "Temporarily sending the capital to Xinlin at night to Jingyi to present to colleagues in the Western Prefecture" wrote: "The river flows day and night, and the guest's heart is still sad. I only thought that Guanshan was close, but I finally realized that the road back is long. The dawn of the autumn river is full of enthusiasm, and the cold night of Zhug is pale "Guide to see the capital, the palace and the pheasants are looking at each other." "I am always afraid of the attack of eagles and falcons, and the chrysanthemums are frosty." The scenery in the poem expresses this kind of hesitation. This also casts a desolate atmosphere. Throughout his life, he traveled among the palaces of various princes, and he had to write some works in response to orders "praising the emperor's merits" and "praising the virtues of the vassal". This type of works also often express the meaning of praise through scenery, such as "Entering the Dynasty Song" in "Ten Encouraging Songs for the King", "The beautiful land in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial state of Jinling. The meandering green water, the distant Zhulou", It is both an ode and a magnificent picture. No matter what kind of emotion and interest it is, it can be expressed through mountains and rivers, and the scene can be blended. This is an important feature of Xie Tiao's poetry, and it is also an important contribution to the development of poetry art. Danwan" ("Southern History·Wang Tan's First Biography with Wang Yun's Biography"), his poetry creation exactly implements this aesthetic point of view. To achieve "perfect circulation", rhythm is an important factor. He applied the Yongming rhythm, which emphasized the four flat and oblique tones, in his poetry creation. Therefore, his poems are harmonious in tone, catchy to read, and sonorous to the ear. Shen Yue's "Shang Xie Tiao" wrote: "The official department believes in outstanding talents, and the literary front vibrates with extraordinary sound. The tone is in harmony with gold and stone, and the thoughts are in the wind and clouds." It also illustrates the characteristic of harmonious tone. Xie Tiao is also good at melting and tailoring, and often comes up with aphorisms. The most praised ones are "The afterglow has dispersed into clouds, and the clear river is as quiet as practice" ("I climbed three mountains at night and looked back at the capital"), "I know the boat is returning to the sky, and the river trees are discernible in the clouds" "("Xuancheng County leaves Xinlinpu towards Banqiao"), "The early wind blows the rain, and the depression comes up the river" ("Guan Zhaoyu"), "The fish play with the new lotus, the birds scatter and the remaining flowers fall" ("You Dongtian" "), etc. These aphorisms are fresh and meaningful, smooth and harmonious, and have neat contrasts, which embody the characteristics of "new style poetry". Xie Tiao's short poems are also excellent, chewy and full of folk song flavor. For example, "Jade Steps Resentment": "Your Majesty, the beaded curtains are flowing at night, and the fireflies are flying and breathing again. I have been sewing my clothes all night long, how can I miss you?" Another example is "Wang Sun You": "The green grass is like silk, and the miscellaneous trees have red hair. Regardless of whether you have returned or not, your return has come to an end!" There are also chapters such as "Tongwang Zhubu has some thoughts", "Bronze Bird's Sorrow", "Golden Valley Gathering", etc., all of which are excellent in terms of natural words, harmonious tone and implicit emotions. , received the artistic effect of seeing the big in the small and thousands of miles in size. This kind of short poem had a certain influence on the formation and development of later five-character quatrains.